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20 November 1999

Passing freight trains and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train at the Galewood yard.

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Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 41313 Circus passenger car (Blue Unit) in Galewood yard.

RBBX 41313, RBBX, Circus 41000 series, RBBX Blue Unit, Circus, photographed on 20 November 1999 at Galewood yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera (with tripod) [railfan/1999/11/99b20505.jpg] NEW 19 December 1999

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RBBX 41313: RBBB car type coach, stainless steel car body (SS), built in 1961 by Budd as Union Pacific Railroad 5526, acquired by RBBB in 1994, numbered RBBX 41313. In 1999 it was located with the Red Unit with house number 18. [Source: 1999 Circus Train Consist list, Domestic Transportation Department, Feld Entertainment, Inc., Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Combined Shows Inc., revised 7/12/99, printed 10/13/99.]

Car markings on RBBX 40003: Circus Red Train 1999 house number 18. [26 November 1999]

Equipment characteristics of RBBX 41313: AAR car type M530 (M-O-W, Scale, Passenger, Caboose, and End-of-train information systems), plate type B, tare weight 138,500 pounds, total gross weight allowed 220,000 pounds, load limit 81,500 pounds, external dimensions (length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 3"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, December 1999]

Railcar fleet details for RBBX 41313: Maintenance of Way, Scale, Passenger, Caboose and End-of-Train, Mechanical Designation: PS; Outside Length: 85 ft 6 in; AAR Car Type Code: M530; Outside Extreme Width: 10 ft 6 in; Outside Extreme Height: 14 ft 3 in; Height of Extreme Width: 7 ft 0 in; Plate Clearance: B; Draft Gear: 5; Tare Weight: 138,500 lbs. [courtesy of CSXT Railcar Fleet Details, December 1999]

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